Their first public appearance was on 4 June 1794 for King George III of the United Kingdom's birthday, where they assembled in White Cloth Hall then marched through the town.
[3] This was potentially the greatest event of civic militarism outside of London during the era of the British Volunteer Corps.
[4] On 18 September of the same year, Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd hosted a dinner for the Leeds Volunteer Corps at his mansion.
[4] In November, the Leeds Volunteer Corps agreed to present a letter to King George III of the United Kingdom to congratulate him on surviving an assassination attempt on his life.
[4] The final activity of 1795 for the Leeds Volunteers Corps was on 30 December where they were inspected by Prince William, Duke of Gloucester on Chapeltown Moor.
On 13 February 1796, the Leeds Volunteer Corps assisted in the taming of a fire at a linen factory on Water Lane, where 8 people died and 20 were injured.
The final inspection of the Leeds Volunteer Corps took place on Woodhouse Moor by General Stavely.
[4] The Leeds Volunteer Corps were disbanded in 1802, primarily due to the signing of the Treaty of Amiens on 25 March 1802.
[5] In September 1803, with the increasing threat of French invasion during the Napoleonic Wars, the Leeds Volunteer Corps were reassembled.
A meeting was held on 5 July 1803, in White Cloth Hall Yard, to discuss the possibility of the reformation of the Leeds Volunteer Corps.
[7] Yet, returns on 22 October 1803 showed the Leeds Volunteer Corps to be composed of two battalions, which totalled 1400 men.
[7] The Leeds Volunteers were ordered not to be absent for more than 48 hours during this period, as the local and national fear of invasion by Napoleon I.
[5] Plans were also made to give the Leeds Volunteer Corps the ability to rush to London in wagons if they were needed to fight in an invasion.
[7] The first major event for the Leeds Volunteer Corps took place on 22 October, which was observed of a Day of Fast.
[7] In November the Leeds Volunteer Corps received orders to be ready to march on the shortest notice, indicating a sense of danger within the army command.
[7] Another inspection took place soon after this by General Lee, who found the volunteer's firing to be performed in "excellent time".
[7] The final activity of the year was when the Leeds Volunteer Corps were summoned to help fight a fire at Benjamin Gatts mill in Armley in November.
[7] The volunteers work on duty consisted of prepping for a review and inspection by Brigadier-General Hodgson, from which they passed with flying colours.
[7] The Mayor of Doncaster gave a ball and supper to the officers, corporations and neighbouring gentry of the Leeds Volunteer Corps as a show of respect.
[7] Following the success at the Battle of Trafalgar, the threat of French invasion was lessened and the Government began to make changes to the British Volunteer Corps.
[5] On 31 January 1807 the Mercury announced that Colonel Lloyd has resigned command of the Leeds Volunteer Corps.
[7] He received a gold snuff box from the non-commissioned officers and privates of the Leeds Volunteer Corps as a token of their thanks.
[7] During this time some of the men became involved in a disturbance of sorts, resulting in the Adjutant of the South Battalion Captain Jackson having his arm broken.
[9] The Leeds Volunteers were apparently split into Lloyd's Tory-Anglican corporation and Whig-Liberal dissenting officers.
[5] It can be observed that the majority of the men in the Leeds Volunteer Corps were wealthy gentlemen, which is not out of character for the time.
The first was passed on 29 September for 'their readiness in enrolling themselves for its defence' and resulted in Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd being presented with an £84 sword,[3] which would cost almost £11,000 in 2018 value.
[3] On 17 June 1796, the non-commissioned officers and privates presented Lloyd with a 'mark of attachment' as a silver cup valued at 160 guineas.
[13] After the final disbandment of the Leeds Volunteer Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd was presented with a gold snuff box 'as a mark of respect and approbation'.